THE EIGHTH HOUSE

Name: THE EIGHTH HOUSE
Author: LINDA SEGTNAN

Por LINDA SEGTNAN

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Detrás de los muros de un convento, reina el silencio, solo salpicado por el murmullo de las oraciones o los melismas de los cantos litúrgicos. O así es como solemos imaginarlo, pero la realidad es otra. Un espacio creado por mujeres y para mujeres, con otras formas de amar, cuidar, organizarse, crear y convivir. Y, sobre todo, podemos constatar que TODO LO QUE NOS PASA, YA LE PASÓ A UNA MONJA DEL BARROCO.

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Sinopsis

This is an extraordinary book It moves in and around you like a ghost I feel lucky to have experienced it Daisy Johnson author of Everything Under In the archives of the national library a researcher named Linda sees a nine year old girl s face in the pages of a yellowed newspaper and the seed of an obsession is planted in her mind Birgitta Sivander was brutally murdered one night in May 1948 The culprit was never found Linda feels a deep connection to Birgitta and in the months that follow she compulsively researches the case Meanwhile a life is taking root inside Linda she is to have a daughter of her own As she grapples with the wonder and anxiety of motherhood she gradually pieces together Birgitta s story closing in on the possible killer Driven to redeem a lost child Linda must find a way to lay Birgitta to rest Moving and unputdownable The Eighth House is a shattering examination of why cycles of violence persist and an invocation of the hope that new life brings